The Linguistics of Brain Rot - The American Scholar

The Linguistics of Brain Rot - The American Scholar

Language is always changing, but these days it seems to be moving at warp speed. Whether it’s the shift from to or the rise of “brain rot,” internet slang is taking over, and if you want to keep up with what’s cool (another slang word, from another century), you need to be online. But if you aren’t keen on spending hours scrolling through TikTok, etymology nerd Adam Aleksic is more than happy to explain how social media is making new words go vi…